Button



lNoModel.) S. W. HOREY,

Button.

No. 241,076. Patented May 3,1'ssi.

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BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,076, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed March 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. SHOREY, a citizen of thc'United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Buttons and Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to buttons, and has for its object to provide a button with a suitable fastening-rivet, by which it may be readily applied to garments and other articles with an ordinary hammer or mallet or other simple device, and may be firmly fastened upon the fabric or material without necessitating cuttingor straining it by the use of a punch or stiletto.

My inventionconsists in a button havingindependent face and base portions, the latter being provided with a tubular shank, which forms a neck to receive the edge of the buttonhgle. A suitable rivet, after piercing the fabric, is passed through this tubular shank into the inside of the button, above the base portion, and when driven with sufticient force against the top or face portion of the button or other substance the end of the rivet is firmly upset or riveted against the inner end of the tubular button-shank, thus securing the button to the garment, and at the same time tightly contining the fabric 0r material through which the rivet has pierced between the head of the rivet and the end of the button-shank, thus preventin g the fabric from fraying and finally allowing the rivet-head to pull through. The stem of the rivet is made sufficiently long to afford material for upsetting when the thickest fabric is interposed between its head and the end of the tubular shank, and when a thin fabric or material is employed a larger amount of the stem of the rivet is upset, so that in all cases the fabric is properly held.

I am aware thata button has previouslybeen made with a tubular socket to receive a fastening-pin; butthe said socket was inside thebutton, and no neck was furnished to the button, and the edges of the fabric around thepin were not confined, as in my invention. The stem of the said pin was also notched, to cause it tobe bent to engage the inside of the button at-a definite point on its stem, and consequently a (No model.)

button that would be fastened properly on a thick fabric would hang loose when attached to a thin fabric, and would not be secure.

Figure 1 isa sectional view of a piece of fabric and a button attached thereto in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 a view of the rivet by which the button is attached to the garment.

The base portion, (1, of the button is provided with a tubular shank or neck, 0, extended outward therefrom, and preferably somewhat enlarged to form a foot to rest on the fabric a, to which it is secured by the rivet I), pointed, as shown in Fig. 2, to enable it to pierce the fabric a, after which it is passed through the neck 0, upon which it is upset or riveted, as shown in Fig. 1, securing the fabric firmly between the head of the rivet and the foot or bottom of the neck 0, so that the fibers broken by the insertion of the rivet b are thoroughly protected, and all tendency to enlarge the said hole to allow the head of the rivet b to pull through is obviated.

The top 8 of the button may be connected with the base d before the rivet b is inserted, in which case the latter will be upset on com ing in contact with the said top, which should be properly re-enforced by a die or anvil during this operation.

If desired, the rivet may be upset upon thebutton shank or neck 0 before the top 6 is attached to the base (I of the said button, the said topbeing afterward fastened upon thebase portion, to cover the end of the rivet and give the button a finished appearance.

The base d and neck 0 areshownas separate pieces; but for small buttons the top 0 may be fastened upon the upper part of the shank or neck 0, enlarged, as shown, to form a base portion for the button.

When the parts d and c are made as separate pieces, as shown, the entire head portion d e of the button may be made to rotate freely on the neck portion 0, which will be fixed to the fabric or material, this rotation enabling the button-hole to be more readily passed over i the button.

I claim 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein -described button, consisting of a base portion, (1, and tubular neck or shank c,

provided with a foot to rest on the fabric or 2. The button neckor shank 0 and the rivet to material to which the button is to be fastened, b therefor, combined with theindcpendent base combined with the rivet I), having a single and top portions, cl a, forming a head free to pointed stem to be passed through the saidfabrotate on the said neck, substantially as and 5 ric and headed or upset upon the said shank, for the purpose described.

and the top portion, 0, of the button, to inclose SAMUEL WV. SHOREY.

the headed end of the said rivet, all constructed Witnesses and arranged substantially as and for the pur- JOHN (JAHILL,

pose described. M. W. FROTHINGHAM. 

